The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 209 Qiongzhou Naval Battle ([-]) Subscribe
Jin Shusheng himself can go to the battlefield with the will to die, after all, his family is under the control of the Qing court.

He can only fight to the death, there is no other choice!

But he couldn't ask the brothers in the navy to be like him, to go to the battlefield with the determination to die and fight the Ming army without anything.

Most of the soldiers of the Qiongzhou Navy are natives of Qiongzhou, and their families are all around.

In case the battle is unfavorable, they will surrender without any psychological pressure.

Under such circumstances, if you want to drive the army to fight, you still have to rely on generous rewards!

He Wenwei said.

"Don't worry, admiral, I'm going to raise funds now!"

He Wenwei, ignoring the dignity of his civil servant, held up the hem of his robe and strode down the city wall.

Then let his personal servant, with his famous stab, invite the big gentry in Qiongzhou to discuss matters in the government office.

To raise military funds and war expenses, no matter what, you can't get around the big local gentry in Qiongzhou!
How to say that sentence, the money of the big family will be returned in full, and the money of the common people will be divided.

Without the cooperation of big local households, many things cannot be done!

Here He Wenwei went to raise military funds.

Jin Shusheng was not idle either, but sent an order to the brothers in the naval battalion to prepare for the war.

The ships hoisted their sails and anchored, and left the military port!
A piercing siren sounded in the camp, and a soldier named Qing Army Navy gathered together in disorder.

The gang leaders in the army began to bury the pot to cook!

The rhythm of naval warfare in this era is like this, and the speed cannot be accelerated.

From the discovery of the enemy to the confrontation between the two sides, it may even take several days for a long time.

Even if this is not an encounter at sea, but an unavoidable offensive and defensive battle, it will take at least three to five hours for the two sides to find each other and fight.

Generally speaking, the visual distance between two ships at sea is eight nautical miles!
One nautical mile is about 1.825 kilometers, and eight nautical miles is about 45 to [-] kilometers, which is less than [-] li.

The speed of ships in this era, if there is no wind, the speed is very slow.

As time passed, the navy battalion of the Qing army was ready for battle, and the war expenses raised by He Wenwei were also in place.

Although those big gentry families have not let go, He Wenwei first used the gold and silver in the Qiongzhou government treasury for the sake of the overall situation.

Thinking about filling the holes in the treasury after the war expenses raised by the big gentry arrived!
Immediately, Jin Shusheng paid generously in front of everyone, which made the morale of the Qing army boil.

"Kill the Ming thief and protect the Great Qing!"

"Kill the Ming thief and protect the Great Qing!"

"..."

Amid bursts of cheers, Jin Shusheng waved and ordered the soldiers to board the ship.

Small boats filled with kerosene, gunpowder and other firelights, and sand boats loaded with large and small cannons, the Guangzhou Ship left the port.

What Jin Shusheng was going to use was Huo Gong, a tactic that has been tried and tested in naval battles.

……

As the navy of the Qing army went to sea to meet the battle, the fleet of the Ming army was also ready for battle.

Nearly a hundred warships lined up, their black muzzles aiming at the Qing army navy in the harbor!
The gun window was opened, and Zheng Jun's gunners were skillfully carrying out the loading work!

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and the distance finders continue to report the distance from the Qing army navy to them.

"The enemy is approaching five hundred paces!"

"The enemy is close to three hundred steps!"

"The enemy is two hundred paces closer!"

"..."

Two hundred paces is not too far to say.

But for naval battles, it is far from the distance to open fire.

If it is on land, firing at a distance of [-] steps can basically do a hundred shots.

However, this is at sea, a moving target, and the launch platform is constantly bumping due to the wind and waves at sea.

At a distance of two hundred paces, the artillery's hit rate is pitifully low!
No matter how skilled the gunner is, if he can achieve one out of ten, it can already be regarded as an extremely amazing record!

Suddenly, the artillery of the Ming army opened fire!

Fire at a distance of two hundred paces, although the hit rate is not high, but it is almost ready to start school shooting.

Amidst the rumbling of the guns, the shells shot towards the Qing army's fleet as if they didn't want money!
boom!Boom!

Several shells fell into the sea, splashing tall water mist.

Steamy!

The roar of heavy artillery fire almost covered everything.

The gunpowder smoke on the sea will not dissipate for a long time!

Each ship test-fired a cannon, and there were at least dozens of them in total.

However, facing the roar of dozens of cannons, even if the shells failed to hit the ship, the sailors of the Qing army all looked ashen and felt fear from the bottom of their hearts.

The momentum of the heavy artillery firing was too great, where had they seen such a scene before!
"The enemy is 150 steps closer, ready for the second round of calibration!"

The navy of the Ming army was ready for the second round of shooting.

boom!Boom!

The dull sound of artillery resounded throughout the battlefield again.

One after another, the shells seemed to be free of money, and they were fired at the ships of the Qing army.

Click!

Jin Shusheng watched helplessly as a shell fell from the sky and hit a Guangzhou ship not far from his ship.

With a loud bang, the shell pierced through the side of the wide ship.

In an instant, broken wood chips were scattered all over the sea!
A large amount of sea water poured in along the gap on the side of the ship!
This Guangzhou ship, which can be called the capital ship of the Qiongzhou Navy, began to sink rapidly!
It took less than half a stick of incense from the ship's tilt to complete sinking!
In the blink of an eye, two or three ships were sunk.

In the face of the heavy artillery on the ships of the Ming army, the ships of the Qing army were really vulnerable!
The navy officers and soldiers of the Qing army jumped into the sea water like dumplings, and floated on the sea surface with wooden boards, their faces full of horror.

Finally, the distance between the two sides was less than a hundred steps!

As far as naval warfare is concerned, it is almost a face-off!

Jin Shusheng gave an order.

"Go forward at full speed, light the fire after reaching the bright thieves, and use the fire boat to burn these damned bright thieves to death!"

"Shut hard!"

"..."

The oarsmen on the small boats of the Qing army rowed hard, and under the action of inertia, the speed of the arson boat became faster and faster.

This is because the battlefield is in the port, and there is no wind in this season, otherwise the speed of the Qing army's arson ship will only be faster!

The Ming army responded methodically!
Several poles protruded from the deck of the battleship, ready to use them to block the Qing army's arsonist ship.

Zheng Jun used to use fire attack in naval battles in the past, how could he not be prepared for the enemy to use fire attack against himself?

boom!Boom!

The heavy artillery of the Ming army was still roaring, firing faster and faster.

The entire battlefield is almost covered by gunpowder smoke!
One after another, the shells hit the Qing army's fleet as if they didn't want money.

The shells mercilessly penetrated the hull, smashing the Qing army's arson ships into pieces.

The arsonist ships of the Qing army wanted to get close to the warships of the Ming army to ignite, but they were pushed away by the poles, which was impossible.

No matter how loudly the soldiers of the Qing army on the ship shouted, the Qing army's arson ship could not advance at all.

Holding a big ax in his hand, Fu Haishan slashed frantically at the pole supporting his boat, trying to clear the way for the arson boat.

However, the front part of the strut is covered with iron sheet, and the wood used is also extremely strong iron wood.

After soaking in water, it is even more resilient!
For a while, the fundamental chopping continued!

A loud bang!
Fu Haishan fell into a sluggish state, a huge cloud of gunpowder smoke spread over his face, and his eyebrows and hair seemed to burn with the hot wind.

The shock wave knocked him down directly.

(End of this chapter)